Potato Base Pizza

Ingredients

11⁄2 lb (600 g) potatoes
6–8 very heaped tbsp strong bread flour
2 tbsp olive oil


Directions

1. Peel, boil and mash potatoes in the usual way.

2. Put the potatoes into a large mixing bowl, sift in the flour and
add 2 tbsp olive oil.

3. Mix everything together with your hand to form a firm, but
still fairly soft, stickyish dough.

4. Grease the oven tray with a liberal amount of olive oil – more
than you’d normally use if you were greasing the tray for baking bread rolls.

5. Press the dough into the oven tray right up to the edges to make
a smooth, even layer.

6. Cook the pizza base in a preheated oven, Gas Mark 6–7
(200–220ºC) for a good 20 minutes until the dough is crisp to
the touch and golden brown all over.

7. Spread the pizza base with a mixture of 1 part garlic puree to
3 parts tomato puree; add your favorite toppings with lots of
grated mozzarella and bake in a hot oven  for another 15–20 minutes.